Improvement in gorn-harvestebs



CORN HARVFS'I'ER.l

. J. MAINS.

` 1 No. 74,104. Patented Feb. 4. 1868.

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Lettera Parent No. 74,104, and Febm'ary 4, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT IN (l0Itlil-HARVES'TEB.S.

die tlnmh referat in in time 'Enters bahut sin limiting part rf ik: 'samt i 1'0 LLL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN: Be it known that I, JAMES MAINS, of Olena, in the county of Henderson, alxd`State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Gatherers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partei' this specification, in which V l Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improved machine. Figure 2 is a eide view of the same, part being broken away to show the construction. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its -objeet to furnish an improved machine-for gathering 4the corn, simple and'inex-v pensive in construction, and effective in operation and it Vconsists in the construction end-combination of 'the' various parts of the machine as hereinafterv more fully described.

' A is the frame of `the machine, which isl supported ,upon the wheels B and G. The wheels Bare rigidlyattached to axles D, that revolve in'bearings attached tothe frame A. The wheel D is a caster-wheel, which is pivoted tothe vcentral part of therear end of the frame A, as shown in iig. 1. .E are the' thills, which are attached to the central part of the forward end of the frame A, so that the horse or hors'es may walk between the rows.' The gatherers F are placed in andA are attachedtojtheforwnrd part of the frame A, upon each side vet' the central partie which the thillsj'E areattaclred. fnefgatherers F'are'formedof polished iron rods, one

inehor three-quarters of an inch inthickness. These rods are placed about one and a half inch apart, .and are 'of such a number lthat the gatherers may be about a foot wide'. The gatherers F should he about four and a half feet long, so 'as to reach the second hill before the tiret one is brel-cen down, and the forward ends of 4 lthe outer rods arobent or curved outward, so that they may gather up the bent or scattering stalk-s. G- are rollers placed beneath the rear part of the gatherers F, to bend the stalks down gradually nithout breaking them.l lI lhe wheels B are made about two fee'tin diameter, and. ten inches wide, and are-placed directly in the rear'of' the gatherers F, 'and at sucheI distance from them thatfithey may crnshdown the stalksand hold them, to prevent them from being drawn out of the ground -whiletheears are being s trippedo by the gatherers F. From the" gatherers F the'ears pass back tothe elevators lLwhichfmay be ma'de of coarse canvas, having strips of leather about two'inches wide attached toits-edges, to which maybe.attached,cleats,.provided with teeth or claws to take hold of the ears and carry themnp the elevator. The elevator-belts pass around and aro operated by tv ro rollers, I and J. The roller I i's pivoted to th frame .A a little belowand close Ato the rear end of the gatherers F, and the upper roller J is pi-voted closeto the upper edge ofthe box K, so that the ears carried .up by the elevators may fall into said b'ox. The outer journals of vthe upper rollers J project. outward, and to them are attached pulleys L, around which, and aroundthe pulleys` M, attached to the projecting ends of the axle D of the wheels B, pass bands N, so that the elevators may be operated by the advance of the machine. The' middle part of the box K extends forward between the elevators H, andits forward endfboard is made to in oline ferward, as shown in dotted lines ,in iig. 2, for convenience in beginning ,to shovel in unloading O is the seat, which is removably attached. to the upper edge of the forward end-board, 'so that it maybe conveniently removed when unloading. i

I claim as newand desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combination of the gatherers F and elevatorsH, constructed end operated substantially as described,

with the frame A, and box K, said'boxv being. made substantially-in the shape and mannerfheren shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this sixteenth day4 of August,.-186T.

' i JAMES MAINS.

Witnesses: 4

Taos. NrcnoLs, A. Mams. 

